IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Witefels
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999NV005067
  • User Pedon ID: 1999NV005067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11819
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.1867972
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8926056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 9461—Whittell-Jobsis-Rock outcrop complex, cool, 30 to 75 percent slopes
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Xeric Dystrocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS-horizons copied from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Witefels
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Bedrock: granite at 74cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    32

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak very thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2215. NaF: <9; Water Repel: Ext. High; COS overwash incorporated into A1 HZ.
    A2—2 to 13 centimeters (0.8 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2216. Water Repel: Ext. High >10s.; NaF: <9.
    Bw—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2217. Water Repel: Ext. High >10s; NaF: 9.5
    C1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; single grain, and weak very fine granular; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 27 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2218. Water Repel: Mod High 4s.; NaF: 9.7
    C2—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 26 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2219. Water Repel: Mod High 4s.; NaF: 10.0
    C3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2220. NaF: 9.5
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments. No sample.